Swimmers wishing to join our competitive team are required to perform all four strokes legally (butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle).

Coaching Staff

Jessica Fry-Mack - Gold 1

Jessica began coaching at NCAP in the summer of 2009 and has been Head Coach at Claude Moore since 2016. She has an extensive swimming background dating back to her local age group program in Michigan and then through high school, college and master’s programs. Jessica has almost thirty years of coaching experience, working with summer league, high school, triathlon, Special Olympic and USA club teams in Michigan and the Northern Virginia area. She has worked with swimmers ranging from beginners to Olympic Trials qualifiers and is ASCA Level 4 certified.

Jessica has coached many USA Swimming and PVS Top-10 and Top-20, All Time Top 100 and 18 & Under World 100 athletes over the years, including National Age Group Record breakers, and has had multiple swimmers invited to and attend a variety of Select Camps. Her athletes have earned many accolades over the years, including the PVS Scholar Athlete Award, USA Swimming Scholastic All-America, NISCA All-America, All-LoCo Athlete of the Year, First Team and Honorable Mention, WaPo All-Met First Team, Second Team and Honorable Mention, etc.

Jessica has also been selected to the coaching staff for USA Swimming’s Eastern Zone Select Camp, Eastern Zone Diversity Select Camp, National Select Camp, National Diversity Select Camp and was chosen to serve as Head Coach of the Western Zone Select Camp in May of 2022 and as Head Coach of the Western Zone Diversity Select Camp before it was cancelled due to the pandemic. She served a two-year term on the Potomac Valley Swimming Board as Senior Coaches Representative and has spent the last several years on the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Board and recently served as the PVS DEI Chair for the 2021-2023 term. Coach Jessica lives in Lovettsville with her husband, Joe, and their six cats. In her free time, she enjoys reading, crocheting, building Lego sets and traveling.

Jim Rumbaugh - Gold 3, Bronze 1

Coach Jim attended the University of Tennessee and was selected as team captain during his last two years on the swim team. He was a six-time All-American, NCAA finalist and an American Record holder in the 200 Medley Relay.

Jim started his coaching career at Dynamo Swim Club in Atlanta, Georgia and worked his way from an age group coach to a national-level senior coach, where he developed dozens of national-level athletes and, in his last two seasons with the club, the team won the 18 & Under National Club Championships. After leaving Dynamo, Jim and his wife moved to the Santa Barbara area where he took over a small team. The team quickly grew to over 150 athletes. It was here that Jim learned about how to run a business and how to develop a winning coaching staff and team.

After his stint in California, he was offered an assistant coaching job at the University of Tennessee, where he worked with IM and 200 specialist athletes. Jim produced numerous Southeastern Conference finalists and NCAA qualifiers. During his fourth year at UT, he was named the Head Coach of Pilot Aquatics (now Tennessee Aquatics). In his five years at Pilot, the club had one swimmer named to the National Junior World team (where he broke two World Junior Records), four swimmers selected to attend the National Select Camp, three swimmers selected to attend the National Open Water Select Camp and dozens of Scholastic All-Americans.

Having been away for so long and wanting to be closer to family, Jim and his wife moved to the DC area, where he took a job with SNOW Swimming. He took on this new challenge because it gave him the opportunity to work with age group kids again. The team consistently progressed each year, moving from a Senior Sectional level program to a National Club Excellence Silver Medal club. He started working with NCAP during the 2021-2022 season, coaching the Gold 3, Bronze 1, and Silver 3 groups during his time with the team. He is excited to continue helping all of his athletes progress at different levels of the sport.

Coach Shannon will be coaching the Gold 2 group for the 2023-2024 season. She has been a lifelong swimmer, competing locally before attending The University of Mary Washington where she continued swimming and became a valuable part of the team. She has several years of coaching experience, dating back to the existence of the Solotar Swim Team, and has worked with swimmers ranging from beginners to Olympic Trials qualifiers. Coach Shannon also served as Head Coach of the ODSL Broadlands Piranhas and as Assistant Head Coach of the Willowsford Waves.

Shannon McConagha - Gold 2

Tim Whelan - Silver 1, Homeschool

Coach Tim started with NCAP in the fall of 2015. He currently coaches Silver 1 and the Homeschool group, but has coached or assisted with most of the groups at the Claude Moore site in his time with the club. Tim grew up swimming in New Jersey, graduating from Rutgers University, where he was a member of the men's swim team. Prior to joining NCAP, he coached with Morris County Swim Club in New Jersey, and at the Anthony Bowen YMCA in DC, starting and coaching the U.S. Masters Swimming team at that Y. Tim has also been Head Coach for summer league teams in the ODSL, first for the Loudoun Valley Estates Torpedoes, and most recently the Willowsford South Waves.

Sharon Whelan - Silver 3, Gold 3 Assistant, Homeschool

Coach Sharon joined Nation’s Capital Swim Club in 2022 and has been involved as a swim instructor and coach for over 17 years. She hopes to continue sharing her passion for the sport for many more years to come. Coach Sharon is entering her 10th year coaching for USA swimming - during this time she has had the opportunity to work with various developmental, middle, and high school groups. She looks forward to building off the current successes of this program and to working relentlessly with coaches, athletes and parents to uphold our team values and create an empowering culture that provides meaningful experiences. Coach Sharon holds Red Cross WSI Certification and is a Level 3 ASCA Certified Coach. Sharon lives in Leesburg with her husband and has 3 children.